Archetype of the hero of Graal in I. Shmelev's story “Inexhaustible Chalice”

Abstract

We set as the purpose of this article studying of an archetype of the hero of Graal in I. Shmelev's story “Inexhaustible Chalice”. In the work belonging to new time and absolutely to other, Russian culture, the ancient Celtic archetype found the new birth and the new lines which enriched and have deepened history of its literary refractions.